Principal Information Engineer - Innovative Management & Technology Services

Company Overview:
Join a fast-growing company highly experienced in cyber security, cloud computing, virtualization, big data analytics, and project management!  IMTS offers competitive compensation, excellent benefits including tuition reimbursement and employer-contributed 401K, and referral bonuses.  We work with the best customers on-site at top government agencies.

Job Title: Principal Information Engineer
Location: Rockville, MD 

Overview: The Principal Information Engineer, recognized as key personnel, plays a pivotal role in supporting the cybersecurity initiatives within both on-premise and AWS cloud environments. This position focuses on enhancing the organization's security posture through expert management of security assessments and authorization processes.

Responsibilities:

• Task Area 1 – Information Security and Privacy Program Support: Assist the Senior Principal Information Engineer in delivering comprehensive security services. Focus on the Federal Security Assessment and Authorization process, security policy/procedure development, and maintaining compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2014.
• Expertise in managing and utilizing security monitoring tools such as Nessus, BigFix, Splunk, and Crowdstrike.
• Responsible for subtasks including Policy Development and Maintenance, Program Planning, Training and Communications, and High-Value Asset Assessments.
• Support continuous diagnostic and mitigation-based tools and processes to ensure the security and integrity of information systems.
• Task Area 2 – Infrastructure and Cloud Engineering Support: Provide indirect support to this task area through security expertise, particularly in Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity/Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP).

• Must possess an undergraduate degree in a relevant field.
• A minimum of 5 years of cybersecurity experience.
• Required to hold a junior cybersecurity certification (Security or similar).
• Desirable to have at least one Splunk professional certification and a cloud or cloud security certification (e.g., ISC2 CSSP, CompTIA Secure Cloud Professional, AWS certification).
• Must possess or be able to obtain a Tier 2 Public Trust clearance.

• Skilled in using security monitoring tools like Nessus, BigFix, Splunk, and Crowdstrike.
• Experienced in implementing and managing security controls and compliance reporting in a hybrid environment (on-premise and AWS cloud).

• Standard work hours are from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays.

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